Rodríguez and Raleigh homer back-to-back to leap start Mariners in

SEATTLE (AP)– Julio Rodríguez hit a two-run home run, Cal Raleigh hit a pair of solo homers and the Seattle Mariners opened a nine-game homestand with a 9-1 win over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night.Rodríguez and Raleigh

went back-to-back after J.P. Crawford led off the very first with a single to stake Seattle rookie Logan Evans to a 3-0 lead.Advertisement Evans(2-1)went a career-high 8 innings, quiting four hits,

consisting of a crowning achievement by James Wood in the fourth.Raleigh’s home run made it 4-1 in the 5th, completing Washington starter Mitchell Parker(

4-3). Raleigh’s AL-leading 19th home runs breaks a tie with Brooklyn’s Roy Campanella in 1955 for the most by a primary-position catcher in his group’s first 53 games of a season.Rodríguez ended up with three hits and 3 RBIs.Seattle basic supervisor Justin Hollander said prior to the game that All-Star pitcher Logan Gilbert will remain in a Triple-A rehabilitation

assignment in Tacoma as early as Thursday. He likewise stated pitcher Bryce Miller would be activated on the homestand, which runs through June 5. Ad Secret moment With a 3-1 lead after giving up home run to Wood with one out in the fourth, Evans allowed a single by Nathaniel Lowe however got Keibert Ruiz to hit into a

double play. The Nats just stranded

two runners, one in the 8th and ninth.Key stat Dylan Moore had three hits for the Mariners, including a set of doubles, but his greatest contribution may have been breaking from 3rd base on an infield chopper to 3rd and moving under the tag to ignite a three-run sixth inning.Up next Trevor Williams(2-5, 6.39 AGE)is set up to take the mound Wednesday for the Nationals versus Seattle’s(George Kirby 0-1, 12.27). ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB